Jamie Oliver started cooking at his parents' pub, The Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex, at the age of eight. After leaving school he began a career as a chef that took him to the River Cafe, where he was famously spotted by a television production company. His television and publishing career began in 1999 with The Naked Chef series. Since then he has set up Fifteen restaurant in London, changed school dinners in the UK and revolutionized home cooking. His charity, The Jamie Oliver Foundation, seeks to improve people's lives through food. He writes for publications in the UK and around the world, including his own Jamie Magazine. Jamie lives in London and Essex with his wife Jools and their children.
Jamie's brand-new cookbook is nearly HERE.Featuring simple, delicious recipes from the new CHANNEL 4 series - Quick and Easy Food - kicking off on 21st August at eight o'clock, Jamie Oliver's 5 Ingredients is his most straightforward book yet. Using five ingredients, cleverly combined, you'll conjure up THE most exciting food such as, Italian seared beef - blushing in the middle with green pesto, fiery rocket and Parmesan. Exotic Chicken noodle stirfry. Showy red, cherry toms with Smoky chorizo salmon and fresh sprigs of basil. Crazy simple fish pie, flaky smoked haddock, spring onions, spinach and melty Cheddar, all topped off with crisp, golden filo. * From the publisher's description * The power of five . . . It's the combinations that count. Jamie Oliver conjures easy, mouth watering dishes from only a handful of ingredients * The Sunday Times *